There are currently 346 free schools open. Since 2010, six free schools have closed and two closures are planned for summer 2017. The primary objective of the Department when making a decision to close a school is to ensure the best possible educational outcomes for pupils and to secure value for money for the taxpayer. The Department would expect the responsible body to meet any outstanding costs or debts. Where this is not possible, the Department would consider providing financial support if reasonable to do so.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4270", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Nash"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Nash"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-07-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-07-17T16:16:37.487Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-07-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Housing"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "Her Majesty's Government how many free schools have closed, or are planning to close; and who bears the costs of any outstanding capital or revenue debts.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4238", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Storey"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Storey"} ], "uin" : "HL708"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/750734", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/750734/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
We do not hold all of the requested information.<\/p>
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The proportion of two-year-olds benefitting from funded early education in England continues to rise, reaching 71% in 2017. This has risen from 58% in 2015. The proportion of two-year-olds benefitting from funded early education places by local authority is set out in Table 5LA of the Statistical First Release (SFR) Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2017 at:<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2017<\/a>.<\/p> The proportion of two-year-olds not benefitting from funded early education places by local authority (part c of PQ 4170 and PQ 4173) can be derived from this table. We do not hold data on the proportion of two-year-olds eligible for 15-hours free childcare who are not accessing this provision by ethnicity, SEND, gender or social class (part a, b, d and e of PQ 4170).<\/p> <\/p> Table 10LA provides the number and percentage of two-year-old children benefitting from funded early education, including settings rated requires improvement and inadequate (PQ 4172) in 2017. Ninety six percent of two-year-olds benefitting from funded early education were in settings rated good or outstanding. Four per cent of two-year-olds were in settings rated requires improvement or inadequate.<\/p> <\/p> The proportion of two-year-old children benefitting from funded early education at private, voluntary and independent settings with staff with qualified teacher status, early years teacher status or early years professional status working directly with two-year-olds (PQ 4171) is set out in Table 12 of the Statistical First Release, Education provision: children under 5 years of age, January 2016 at:<\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2016<\/a>.<\/p> This data was not collected in the 2017 early years census and as a result was not included in the 2017 publication.<\/p>"}
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